tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448232018987603716.post3482896137488719197..comments2024-03-29T04:24:30.504-07:00Comments on Miss L's Whole Brain Teaching: Welcome to Grade.... 5??Mrs Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16942930206275684025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448232018987603716.post-22855828344206311612012-01-23T06:04:06.315-08:002012-01-23T06:04:06.315-08:00Thanks for the comment, Hienuri! It is awesome to ...Thanks for the comment, Hienuri! It is awesome to hear from people in countries other than Canada (where most of my readers are from), do you mind if I ask what country you live in?<br /><br />One thing I don't think I communicated in the post is that we are encouraged to do placements outside of our specialty area. As you mentioned, it gives us more experience across the board in will make us more well-rounded as teachers. It is interesting that students in your country do not have to attend school through Grade 12, that would certainly create a different dynamic than the classrooms here (in regards to how students felt about education and attending class). I would love to do some research on how different educational mandates affect student's perception on their education. I think it would be very interesting to see what their perceptions are and what teachers can do to encourage them.<br /><br />I will admit that I have met some people that are VERY passionate about WBT and some that are VERY anti-WBT. Not saying that you nor I are either of these but I enjoy getting both view points on the strategy! As a teacher, I consider myself a continual learning and one of the best ways to educate yourself is to view information from different view pints so I really appreciate the opportunity some of these comments are presenting! I commented on your other post as well if you would like to see some of my critiques (I think it addresses some of the issues you mention in this post as well).<br /><br />I hope you continue to read both posts as I love reading the comments :)Mrs Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16942930206275684025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448232018987603716.post-78830068656647771612012-01-22T22:27:09.613-08:002012-01-22T22:27:09.613-08:00It's odd that you're being asked to teach ...It's odd that you're being asked to teach a very different grade to what you usually teach- where I live, I'm pretty sure that student teachers have to do their practicals in the grades (i.e. primary or secondary school) and subject that they're majoring in. On the other hand, it might be a good thing as it will give you more experience across the board.<br /><br />As for year 5s enjoying school more than year 12s, I'm rather sceptical. Where I live, years 4-7 are already starting to get tired of school, while in year 11 and 12 there's more of a motivation to succeed. (However, it's worth nothing that in my country attending regular schools is only compulsory up to year 10, so students in years 11 and 12 are those who are really academically-inclined.)<br /><br />I'm finding reading your blog rather interesting, as I usually read <a href="http://kidfriendlyschools.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Kid Friendly Schools</a> which has a different perspective on Whole Brain Teaching. It's interesting to see both sides of the argument. Personally, I think that if I was a student in a WBT classroom, I would get rather tired of it if it was all day long (being introverted doesn't help) but I might be okay with it if it was in short spurts. I'm the sort of person who needs a lot of time to reflect and ponder, and I don't think that full-on WBT would provide the time for that.Hienuri Kayleuetskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706477882374399244noreply@blogger.com